#an uncertain future

[honorhearted]

"Do you ever think about the future?" (Sammie)

@faithhearted

Benjamin laughed, though not unkindly. "Could you maybe be more specific?" Holding a smooth stone loosely between his fingertips, he assessed the stream they were standing in front of, then released it with a gentle toss. The rock hop-skipped across the water several strokes before sinking in a forlorn, triumphant plop.

Shaking out his wrist, Benjamin sighed and looked back over to Samuel, arching a brow. "Getting sentimental, are we?"

In truth, he didn't have the heart to say that in w.ar, it was both tempting and dangerous to think of the future. After all, there was a possibility that neither would make it out alive -- that neither would return home beyond a casket -- and with an uncomfortable knot in his throat, he hummed before passing Samuel a stone.

"Your turn, Mr. Down in the Doldrums," he teased. "Can't you think of anything else?"

[shewantsitall]

This one little Next to Normal section is giving In Trousers Marvin 👀👀👀

[shallcarvemaam]

So tumblr has seen YouTube shooting itself in the foot and has decided it wants a piece of that action too. Because while fools and dogs may return to their vomit, algorithms are omnivorous. Checkmate.

Erm… seriously though I haven’t decided if I’m leaving here, I might stay until it becomes unbearable because this blog is the first time in years that I’ve tried to showcase my work and I’ve no idea where else to try. But if I do go I’ll be deleting it all and starting again rather than backing it up.

[a-tardis-at-downton]

An Uncertain Future IV: Of Motives and Meetings

An arranged marriage AU.

Belle discusses her fate with her savior, and later, meets a boy in a bit of a scrape.

Read it on AO3.

[a-tardis-at-downton]

One final edit and read through and I'm releasing chapter four of An Uncertain Future to the masses. This fic is a labor of love and I'm so excited to see people enjoying it as much as I am!

[a-tardis-at-downton]

I checked these out today. For reasons.

[a-tardis-at-downton]

III: A Deal to be Made

Belle reaches Dunnottar Castle and meets the Earl Marischal, who has no love for the English; Belle is saved from an uncertain fate by a mysterious man in the Earl's employ.

TW: William Keith, 8th Earl Marischal, is based on the Sheriff of Nottingham and he's a horrible person.

Read chapter three here, or start from chapter one here!

[original photo credit to john mcsporran]

[a-tardis-at-downton]

“I have watched my father die for a cause that I have no part in, and you can take his money, but you will not lend shelter to his only daughter? It is absurd and I’ll not stand for it, Englishwoman or no.” Her rage settled deep in her breast then, festering, and in the aftermath, silence ruled. Eyes blackened with a stormy rage that sought nothing but absolute control, William Keith drew back his hand, high, his knuckles taught and his fingers tight with tension, and briefly, Belle watched as his signet ring glinted gold, before her eyes slammed shut and she bowed her head. She heard a shout, and the rasp of steel drawing just behind her. “M’laird,” the smaller man’s voice sounded, kind and smooth in the burgeoning tension, “perhaps we might… come to a deal, hm?”

An Uncertain Future, Part III: A Deal to be Made